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I Don't Want to Be Dust

2022 · 85 min

A quiet, unsettling character study that blends midlife malaise with cult paranoia and dry black humor.

Directed by
Ivan Löwenberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bego Sainz, Anahí Allue, Agustina Quinci
Overview
Bego, a housewife in a mid-life crisis, lives bored and afraid of being inconsequential, however, her life evolves into a mysterious game once she enters into a cult that preaches three days of darkness...

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Directed by
Ivan Löwenberg
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bego Sainz, Anahí Allue, Agustina Quinci
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • identity
  • isolation
  • media
  • death
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Ivan Löwenberg
Starring
Bego Sainz, Anahí Allue, Agustina Quinci, Juan Carlos Montes-Roldán, Eduardo Azuri, José Manuel Poncelis, Magda Vizcaíno, Gerardo Monzalvo
Cinematography
Rodrigo Calderon Garcia
Runtime
85 min
Country
Argentina, Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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